Cedarburg mulls surveillance cameras downtown

THIS IS TODAY’S TMJ4, LIVE AT rt NOON.>>NOW AT NOON, THE SOLUTION LOCAL CITIES COME UP WITH IN AN EFFORT TO CURB ANrt UP TICK IN CRIME. SECURE A BUSINESS AGAINST BREAK-INS.>>SECURITY CAMERAS COULD BE POPPING UP. TAXPAYERS ARE LIKELY TO FOOT SOME OF THErt BILL. PETE ZERVAKIS REPORTS.>>Reporter: PAT NILES IS PREPPING FOR A BUSY FRIDAY INrt CEDARBURG. WALK THROUGH HIS STORE AND YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT WAS TRASHED DURING A BREAK IN SIXrt MONTHS AGO.>>I THINK THEY USED A BAT.>>ONE OF FOUR CEDARBURG BUSINESSES HIT ON THE SAME NIGHT. PAT AND OTHERrt BUSINESS OWNERS ARE NOW PUSHING FOR THE CITY TO INVEST IN SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AT FOUR INTERSECTIONS ALONG WASHINGTON AVENUE.>>IT’S MAINLY TO COVERrt FOR THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC AREAS.>>THE BREAK INS ARE NOT A CONSTANT PROBLEM, THE HOPE IS THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WILLrt KEEP THINGS THAT WAY, TOTAL PRICE TAG, 80 TO $90,000, TAXPAYER MONEY WOULD PAY FOR A PORTION.>>WE PAY OURrt TAXES, AND WE PAY TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.>>LOCALS ARE OKAY WITH THAT IDEA.>>I WOULD PREFER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRrtY.>>THE COMMON COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE CAMERAS DURING ITS BUDGETS PROCESS NEXT MONTH. PAT IS CONVINCED THE CAMERAS COULD HAVE HELPEDrt FIND THE SUSPECTS WHO HIT HIS PLACE.>>THEY DID THE MERCHANT ACROSS THE STREET. SO THEY DID CROSS THErt STREET. THE CHIEF FEELS THESE CAMERAS WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT ACTIVITY.>>NOW, HE HOPES THEY’LL DETER rt rtrt rtrt rtrt rtrt rtrt